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An inside look at the San Francisco GiantsSun, 04 Dec 2016 15:46:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: 408svlhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/04/11/pregame-notes-bochy-hoping-for-a-quick-weekend-hembree-impresses/#comment-366022
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:36:05 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-366022why are the giants brass keeping 3 catchers? is it because it’s a luxury to have. or they have somebody in mind at triple A. so far so good with noonan. kid looks good.
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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:10:54 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-366015#151, Nontechnical, April 11th, 2013 at 4:14 pm: great post.
I’ll keep this in mind as I watch the game later tonight.
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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:31:46 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-365986Brandon Belt is solid. He will hit just fine as he gets his sea legs for this season. And I love his hustle. Did you see him run into all that junk against the wall to try for a foul ball?

Today was such a fun game to watch. Both Giants and Chi played hard, as if it was a WS, despite it being only 10 days into the season and miserable weather.

Would be ok if they played a little more languidly tomorrow.

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:30:43 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-365984Giants are a tough bunch. No quit. No pantywaist attitudes. They know how to win and go out of their way to show that’s the case. Coming from 70 degree plus weather in the City by the Bay to cold, dank and Windycity they could easily have cashed it in ~ particularly after being down five-zip after three. Instead they went on a rampage over the next two innings and took a two-run lead.

Gutsy performance by Vogelsong, pitching precariously in those conditions where gripping the ball decently was itself a balancing act. Though charged with a couple of errors, they were matched in that by their hosts in those sour conditions. But matters were such that a fullblown comedy of errors could have ensued ~ particularly for the visitors with their mostly drawn from warm climates team.

Neither Affeldt nor Casilla were brilliant today, though the damages against them were minimal, with Santiago bailing out a deep in trouble Jeremy by throwing that DP ball with runners on the corners and nobody out. Even Romo gave up one of those frequently devastating doubles, but with one out and nobody on base. Needles to say, Sir Sergio promptly ended the foolishness and copped his ML leading sixth save. Giants lead MLB pitching in that category and they all belong to “I only look illegal.”

Weather conditions remain between simply miserable in a huge stretch of the Midwest. It’s to the credit of SF that they rallied and then managed to grind it out and hold on under rather less than ideal playing conditions. Three more in Chi and then to Brewsville. More grinding it out, i should say, but at this point five outta seven wouldn’t shock me, while circumstantially it would not be a total shame if they simply go four for 7. They’ve got it in em to muster up a winning road trip and game one’s in the bag.

they abandoned that approach the last year or so, because guess what, Schierholtz isn’t a power hitter. It may have been what they wanted from AAA, but it’s not what he was.

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:24:28 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-365978Brian Wilson IS on the A’s. He dyed that out-of-control beard and started playing outfield. He calls himself “Josh Reddick,” but he doesn’t fool me.
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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:15:16 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-365977Brian Wilson would fit in great with the A’s. Man, they have a lot of douchey, talented look at me, look at me type of players who enjoy drawing attention to themselves with their “original and unique” appearances.
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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:15:04 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-365976I also like to bat lower than my weight and keep the RBI numbers lower than my age and yeah they call me back home, MR. MARCH
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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:13:44 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12242#comment-365975Hey guys,

Do you like the way I hit?? Them ground outs to 2nd base right? Those inside Ks and those pop ups??